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Womble Bond Dickinson—Mark Gleeson

08 February 2019
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Information law specialist joins as partner

Transatlantic firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has expanded its data protection and information rights capabilities with the addition of Mark Gleeson as partner.

Formerly a partner with Browne Jacobson and Squire Patton Boggs as well as head of data protection at Barclaycard, Mark specialises in data privacy and cybersecurity matters. He has ample experience advising public and private sector bodies on information law, spanning, contentious, non-contentious and regulatory work.

Andrew Kimble, head of WBD’s data protection team, said: ‘Information rights cover a wide range of areas from data protection, freedom of information and other legislation governing the use of information. These are all critical areas for our clients and so we are delighted to have someone of Mark's calibre joining our growing London team and offering clients a premium service line and first-rate legal advice.’

Mark added: ‘WBD has an impressive client portfolio across a large number of sectors and the firm is well positioned in this changing legal marketplace for success in the future. I look forward to working with the team here in London, nationally as well as in the US to grow our information rights offering.’

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